Red-legged spider wasp (Episyron rufipes) dragging a Missing sector orb weaver (Zygiella x-notata) into its nest burrow in sandy heathland, Dorset, UK.

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Red-legged spider wasp (Episyron rufipes) female dragging a Missing sector orb web spider (Zygiella x-notata) into its nest burrow in a bare sandy patch of heathland, Dorset, UK, August.

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Size: 4780px × 3187px
Location: Dorset, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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